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EE SAID HE WAS PICKING UP 10-15 ROOF BOLTS LOADING ON ROOF BOLTER--STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EE HAD JUST LOADED HIS SC AND WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO FEEDER WHEN HE TURNED DOWN ENTRY (#5) WHERE FEEDER WAS SITTING, HE HIT LAST CORNER & BRAKE. INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CRAWLING WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND ON WOODEN BOX.
EE WAS TRYING TO MINER A ROCK MEASURING 18" THICK 4' WIDE 3' LONG INJURY LOWER BACK.
PINNER HAD PUT UP ONE ROW OF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROW OF BOLTS & RIB PINNING HIM AGAINST THE PINNER.
EE WAS SCOOPING NO.5 ENTRY, WHEN BAKCING OUT FROM FALL THE SCOOP HIT A HOLE AND BOUNCED. EE RECOVE WART UNDER HIS BALL AND INJURY HAD LOWER WHEN HE CARE DOWN ON 21.
THE VICTIM WAS STANDING ON A 1 TON FLAT BED TRUCK WHICH HAD A PALLET OF BELT STRUCTURE ON IT. 3 MEN WERE TRYING TO PUSH THE PALLET OFF THE TRUCK. WHEN IT ROLLED OVER THE EDGE OF THE TRUCK, TH E VICTIM'S COAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE STRUCTURE AND PULLED HIM OFF THE TRUCK. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM.
THE VICTIM & 3 OTHER MEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO SHOVE A PALLET OF BELT STRUCTURE OFF OF A FLAT BED TRUCK. WHEN THE PALLET TIPPED OVER THE EDGE, A PIECE OF THE STRUCTURE CAUGHT THE VICTIMS COAT & P ULLED HIM OFF WITH IT. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT ARM
ROCK FALL 15'W-20'L-5'8' HIGH AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 5' RESIN RODS WITH 6" STRAPS (METAL) MUD SEAMS WERE RUNNING 45DEG ANGLE WITH ENTRY 2 TIMBERS SET AT MID SEAMS. ROCK FELL 1ST OPEN CROSSCU T UNDERGROUND 90' FROM SURFACE
THE VICTIM WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A MANTRIP IN AN INTERSECTION IN THE #7 ENTRY. THE SCOOP & OPERATOR WAS IN #8 ENTRY, COMING TOWARD #7, AND THE BUCKET STRUCK THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT LEG . THE VICTIM WAS ON HIS KNEES WITH HIS BACK TO THE SCOOP.
THE VICTIM WAS TRYING TO PULL A 35 LB. BUCKET OF MINE SEALANT OUT OF THE MUD. HE SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK. NO WITNESS!
PUT DRILL STEEL AGAINST ROOF A PIECE OF CAP COALFELL OUT OF THE TOP HITTING HIM ON NECK & SHOLDER (RIGHT SHOULDER & RIGHT SIDE OF NECK)
CAME AROUND LT. TURN #7 ENTRY HIT RT. SIDE ENTRY WALL. THROWED EE INTO CONTROL LEVERS INSIDE DECK CATCHING HIM ON LT. SIDE RIBS.
THIS MECHANIC WAS CHANGING A HING PIN ON THE HEAD OF A CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WAS HOLDING A PUNCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND A HAMMER IN HIS RIGHT. HE MISSED THE PUNCGH AND HIT HIS HAND WITH THE HAM MER.